Reading

Lexile Book Database More than 100,000 English and Spanish fiction and non-fiction titles from more than 450 publishers

International Reading Association  Association news, research bulletins, publications, and conference announcements

National Council of Teachers of English  Information on reading, literature, and writing primarily for secondary students

read-write-think Lesson plans and student materials created by IRA, NCTE, and MarcoPolo Educational Foundation

National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement  Research and information about reading instruction and practices

American Library Association  Association news & research relating to censorship issues

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children & Adolescents   Includes recommended books in Spanish and recommended books in English about Latinos

California Online Resources for Educators  Lesson plans for literature that include guiding questions, standards, tasks, rubrics, and student websites

Academy of American Poets  Lesson plans, calendar of events, poems to teach

The Children's Literature Web Guide  Links to authors, stories, recommended books, journals, teacher and parent resources

Cooperative Children's Book Center  Links to book recommendations and publications

The Children's Book Council  Author & illustrator sites

EDSITEment  Lesson plans and humanities resources from the world's great museums and libraries

English Companion Links to publications, teacher resources, and student resources

Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking Reproducible graphic organizers for language arts

Dave's ESL Cafe

Copyright on the Web Information about using web images, sound recordings, text, etc.

Translation Tools
SDL International Includes both Simplified and Traditional (Taiwanese) Chinese.

Google Language Tools  Translate text or a web page.

IBO Online Curriculum Center Provides  support and documents for the PYP. password-protected

Global SchoolNet Foundation  Provides access to worldwide online collaboration projects for students

National Women's History Project  biographies, lesson plans, contests to recognize diverse accomplishments of women

GLOBE Teacher guides, resource library relating to global environment

Science

 TAKS Grade 5 Science Online Test  

Glenn Learning Technologies Project  Lesson plans, videoconferencing opportunities for math and science

Social Studies

Newsweek Education Program  

The Library of Congress  Lesson plans focusing on using primary sources

The Digital Classroom  Lesson plans for teaching with primary source materials from the National Archives

Oregon School Library Information System  Information on the research process, search strategies, citing sources, and presenting results.

PBS: TeacherSource    
 
Houston Museum of Fine Arts - for teachers
 

Resources

Region 4  Check out subscription instructional media

4teachers.org  Free online tools and resources to help teachers create web lessons, quizzes, and rubrics.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators   Includes a list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

Marco Polo

Education World 

The Chronicle In Education

School Grants

The Captioned Media Program Offers free-loan educational open-captioned videos, lesson guides

edhelper

SchoolNotes  

Lesson Planz

Houston Annenberg Challenge

Make a Venn Diagram

All Star Puzzle